Wire-twisting implement.



No. 828.015. l PAT'ENTED AUG. 7, 1906. J. BETZ & J. & H. WAMPAGH. WIRE TWISTING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.21,1905' I 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED AUG. 7,1906; J. BETZ & J. & H. WAMPAG'H. WIRE TWISTING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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ment applied to a fence.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

JOHN BETZ, JACOB WAMPACH, AND HENRY WAMPACH, OF JORDAN,

MINNESOTA.

WIRE-TWISTING IMPLEMENT- Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented. Au '1, 19.06;;

To obi/[whom it may concern:

- Be it known that we, JOHN BETZ, JACOB WAMPACH, and HENRY WAMPAOH, citizens of the United States, residing at Jordan, in the county of Scott and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Wire-Twisting Implement, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to means. for attaching stay-wires to the linewires of a fence, but is not necessarily limited to this use.

One of.the. principal objects is to provide an implementthat'may be readily applied to the line-wires and will properly hold the said wires in position until the tie has been made, said implement being made up of elements and combinations of elements that are exceedingly simple, will effectively perform their. respective functions, and are not liable to become deranged, but, on the other hand, will withstand thehard wear-and rough usage necessarily incident to the employment of a device of this character.

An embodiment of the invention that is at present considered the preferable one is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherem Figure 1 is a perspective. view of the imple- Fig. 2 is a side elevation of said implement. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of the opposite side, showing the wires in position to be tied. Fig. 4 is a similar view after the tie has been made. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through the implement. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the handle-crank and dog carried thereby. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the supporting-arm. Fig. 9 is a detail per.- spective view of the wire-holding device.

Similar reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawin s.-

in the embodiment illustrated a main support is employed that is in the form of an arm 10, one end of which constitutes a handle 11, the other end being enlarged into a head 12, that is provided with a journal-bearing 13 and a slot 14, that opens through the outer end of the head into said bearing. J our' naled in the bearing 13 is a rotatable twisting device, .comprising a body 15, having a slot 16, that is movable into and 'outofialinemen-t with the slot 14. An annularflange-portion 17, formed upon one. end .of thebodyandiengaging one. side of the supporting-head, serves to prevent. longitudinalmovement. of the twister in one direction, while its 1110316.

ment in an oppositedirectionis prevented by.

a handle-crank .18, journaled upon the. opposite. end .of the. body and ion the opposite side. of the arm, this handle crank being. retained.

by a holding-ring -19 fastened to. the: adjacent endof the-twister.

The handle-crank18, as. alreadystated, is rotatably mounted on the: twister, but is nor: mally held against such rotation vbymeansof a reciprocatory. dog 20, slidably mountedlin the crank longitudinally. thereof','""the inner end of the dog being; arrangedito. engage in any ofa plurality of so ckets 21, formed in .the body. The dogis urged into. the sockets by means of a coiled sprin 2.2, one end of bears against a stop-pin 23, carriedlbyvthe dog, the other end bearing againsttlie. end *of the recess 24, that receives the, spring; The. front end of the crank 18 is provided 'witlia laterally outstandingoffset handle-grip 24*, and the outer endof the dogis-providedwith an offset. terminal constituting a fingerepiece 25., disposed in substantially parallel "relation to the. handle-grip 2.4 andmovable. toward and from the same.

Projecting from the end ofithetwisterbody having the flange portion,17..is. aiwire engaging and twisting projection 26, that" is preferably located in rear of the slot. 16 and which is screw-threaded, and therefore adjustable in said body, On opposite. sides .ofthe end of the twister carrying the projection 2.6 are spaced outstanding lugs 27, carried by the supporting-arm head 12. ing device cooperates with these'lugs and comprises a swinging arm 28, one end of i which has a pivotal engagementwith the supporting-arm 11 by having an oifsetlongitudinally-disposed nib 29, that engages beneath .a web 30, formed in the arm. The other-end of this arm 28 is in the form ofa yoke, the horns 81 of which are located onopposite sides of the twister and move toward and from the head 12. A leafespring 32, secured.

to the inner side of the arm28 andbearing against the arm 10 serves to yieldingly. urge the yoke away from the head. It. is, how- A wire-hold ever, arranged to be clamped against said head by a cam 33, journaled on a post 34, carried by the arm and extending through the arm 28.

In using the implement the slots 14 and 16 of the supporting-head and twister are brought into alinement and the stay-wire is placed in the guideways between the lugs 27 and is clamped by the yoke 31. The implement is then ap lied to the line-wire, which is introduced tl irough the alined slots 14 and 16 into the twister. This relation of parts is illustrated in Fig. 3. The twister is then rotated by means of the handle-crank, which may be turned completely around or which may be given a ratchet movement. This latter movement can be readily secured, for one of the fingers of the hand that grasps the grip 2 1 can be employed to operate the dog 20, the finger-piece 2 5 being in convenient relation for this purpose. As 'soon as the desired twist (illustrated in Fig. 4) has been made next place at which a tie is to e made.

the holding-yoke 31 is released, a slight retrograde movement is given the handle in order to detach the projection 26 from the loop formed in the stay-wire, whereupon the implement can be removed and a plied at tlie 13 will be apparent that by this simple structure stay-wires can be readly applied to linewires, or, for that matter, any cross-wires can be eflectively tied together with ease and me pedition.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a twisting implement, the combination with a support, of a twister journaled in the support and freely rotatable in either direction, an actuating-crank rotatably mounted directly on the twister and located at one side of the support, said crank having an oflset handle-grip, and a dog for normally holding the twister and crank against relative movement and permitting their relative adjustment.

2. In a twisting implement, the combination with a support, of a twister j ournaled in the support and having a retaining-flange portion at one end and at one side of said support, and an actuating-crank carried by the other end portion of the twister and located on the opposite side of the support to the flange portion, forming with said flange portion means for retaining the twister 011 the support.

' 3. In a twisting implement, the combination with a support, of a twister journaled in the support, an actuating-crank j ournaled on the twister and having a lateral offset handle grip, and a dog movably mounted on the crank and engaging the twister to hold the same and the crank against relative rotation,

said dog having an oflset finger-piece disposed adjacent and in substantially parallel substantially parallel relation to the handlen 5. In a twisting implement, the combination with a supporting-arm, of a twister journaled in the arm, said twister having sockets,

an actuating-crank j ournaled on the twister and having a lateral oiiset handlegrip, and a reciprocatory dog slidably journaled on the handle-grip and movable into and out of the sockets of the twister, said dog having an offset finger-piece disposed in substantially parallel relation to and movable toward and from the handle-grip.

6. In a twisting implement, the combination with a supporting-arm having a j ournalbearing in one end and a slot communicating therewith, of a twister-body journaled in the bearing and having a slot movable into and out of alinement with the slot of the supporting-arm, a flange carried by one end of the twister-body and located on one side of the arm, a handle-crank journaled on the other end of the body and located on the other side of the arm, said body having sockets, and a dog slidably mounted onthe crank and movable into the sockets of the body.

7. In a twisting implement, the combina tion with a support, of a twister journaled thereupon, means for rotating the twister, and a wire-holding device movably mounted on the support for maintaining a wire across the twister.

8. In a twisting implement, the combination with a support, of a twister journaled thereupon, wire-retaining means mounted on the sup ort at one side of the twister, and a wire-hol ding device movably mounted on the support and coacting with the retaining means to hold a wire therein.

9. In a twisting implement, the combination with a support, of a twister journaled thereupon, and a wire-holding device movably mounted on the support and having a yoke portion that extends on opposite sides of the twister and is movable toward and from said support.

10. In a twisting implement, the combination with a support, of a twister journaled thereupon, spaced lugs carried by the support and forming a wire-guideway between them, and a wire-holding device movably mounted on the support and coacting with the lugs to hold a wire in the guideway.

1 1. In a twisting implement, the combina tion with a support, of" a twister journaled thereupon, said support having guides on opposite sides of the twister, and a wire-holding device having ayoke portion movable toward and from the guides.

12. In a twisting implement, the combination with a support, of a twister journaled therein, a swinging holding device mounted on the support, and a cam for urging the holding device'toward and from the sup ort.

13. In a twisting implement, the com ination with a supporting-arm, of a twister journaled therein, a handle-crank for rotating the twister, wire-guides formed on the supporting-arm on opposite'sides of the twister, a swinging wire-holder having a pivotal engagement 'at one end with the supportingarm and having a yoke portion at its other end that is movable toward and from the guides, a post carried bythe support, and a cam journaled on the post and bearing against the wire-holder.

14. In a twisting implement, the combination with a supporting-arm, of a twister journaled therein, a handle-crank connected to the twister on one side of the arm, and a wireholder mounted on the other side of the arm and movable toward and from the same.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signa 3o tures in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses PETER LORANG, PETER BETZ. 

